Tuesday, 25 November 2014

I can't stand it any more, its gone on for too long, the abuse and reabuse, I'm sorry. The letter from Capita is the last straw and I just cant take it any more they have made me into a zero person. I am going to London at least this way maybe others might be saved

Two paedophiles who murdered a woman are suing Scottish ministers over lack of contact in jail and for £35,000 compensation each over "hurt feelings".

William Lauchlan and Charles O'Neill killed Allison McGarrigle after she planned to reveal their sex abuse.

The pair say they were previously in a long-standing relationship.

They claim the Scottish government has breached their human rights in relation to inter-prison visits and contact by telephone and letters.

O'Neill, 51, and 37-year-old Lauchlan are serving life sentences in different prisons in Scotland. The authorities have not granted permission for them to see each other in visits.

They argue the Scottish government has failed to respect their rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which provides protection for private and family life. They also claim they have been discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation.

They say they were in "a long-standing intimate and sexual relationship" before being imprisoned after their trial in 2010.

Both are seeking damages of £35,000, claiming they are entitled to an award for "hurt feelings" among other things.

'Callous and depraved'

It is said: "Their relationship has suffered as a consequence of the treatment they have suffered. They have both felt frustration and distress at being unable to communicate with each other to a greater extent or to have face-to-face contact."

"This is particularly so when heterosexual couples have apparently been afforded greater contact with each other," it is maintained.

The judicial review brought by the prisoners stated that Scottish ministers failed to provide them with "suitable and sufficient contact" with each other.

The men murdered Allison McGarrigle, who intended to report them for abuse
O'Neill was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, while accomplice Lachlan was sentenced to a minimum of 26 years after they were found guilty of murdering 39-year-old Mrs McGarrigle in Largs, Ayrshire in 1997. Her body, which they disposed of at sea, was not found.

They were also sentenced for sex abuse offences following two trials.

The sentencing judge, Lord Pentland, told them that they were relentless and murderous paedophiles who represented a high risk to the safety of the public.

The judge said that when they became aware that Mrs McGarrigle was intending to report them to the authorities for sexually abusing a boy they "conceived a callous and depraved plan to murder her and to dispose of her body".

He added: "You then put this plan into effect with chilling composure."

He told them: "The consistent theme which permeated the evidence in both trials was your calculating and devious manipulation of vulnerable individuals in order to further your appetites for sexually abusing young men and boys."

'Fundamental rights'

David Leighton, counsel for the men in the judicial review, told the Court of Session in Edinburgh: "This is a court of law and not a court of morals."

He said the men were seeking to relying on "fundamental protections and fundamental rights which the law affords to all persons."

O'Neill is detained in Edinburgh's Saughton prison and Laughlan is held in Glenochil jail, in Clackmannanshire.

Mr Leighton said the men were aware of heterosexual couples, each of whom was in prison, being allowed face-to-face contact, but were not aware of homosexual couples with the same opportunity.

He argued that the state was obliged to assist prisoners to maintain effective contact with close family members.

In the action for judicial review the prisoners are seeking a declaration that the Scottish ministers have failed to respect their rights and that their treatment has been unlawful.

It is also argued that prison rules that require "exceptional circumstances" for inter-prison visits should be set aside. The action maintains that the murderers are discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.

Scottish ministers are contesting the action and maintain that none of the orders sought from the court is justified.

Since calling at the Bar, although practicing across a range of areas, David's primary areas of practice have been Family Law and Mental Health.

In the field of Family Law, he has been involved in cases regarding children, including Adoptions, Freeing for Adoption, Permanence Orders, Referrals from the Children's Hearing, Child Abduction and Contact and Residence Disputes. He has also dealt with financial provision following upon the end of relationships, including cohabitants claims on death and otherwise.

David has been involved in a wide variety of mental health cases, in which he has a particular interest. He has appeared before the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, on appeal and in judicial review proceedings. He has acted in cases dealing with restricted patients and also civil patients.

David has increasingly been involved in work for prisoners, principally through the mechanism of judicial review.

David deals with human rights issues in his practice across many areas of law. He regularly appears for clients in the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland. He is a well instructed member of the Junior Bar who focuses his attention where needed and is very pleasant to deal with.

Monday, 17 November 2014

I feel moved to do a review on this film, which I had very much been looking forward to seeing, I would certainly not have bothered had I known what sort of film it was.

I had thought that it would be something like Seraphine, a film which I very much enjoyed, I had no idea that I was going to be treated to the dubious pleasure of watching Timothy Spall acting like a demented sex crazed hippopotomus and as the film clearly said it was suitable for young people I really did not expect to be watching his interpretation of Joseph Turner ravishing his poor old Mrs Doyle look alike housekeeper.

The cinematography of the film is excellent, so I do feel sorry for the camera crew, because they did a good job on this film, but for me the disgusting and completly unnecessary sex scenes ruined it for me. I did not at all mind Timothy Spall grunting all the way through the film, if that would have been all he did, unfortunatly reading other peoples reviews made me take the word grunting literally, and now I see that was a euphenism.

Its a pity the film censors have marked this film up as suitable for children over 12, I can only guess that perhaps the people who awarded the film that certificate must have fell asleep during the Mrs Doyle lookalike sexual assault scene.

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Peter Thomas Wanless, CB (born September 1964) is an English Chief Executive Officer and former civil servant. Since 2013, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of the NSPCC. In July 2014, he was appointed by the British government to head a review into historical sex abuse claims

Wanless was born in September 1964.[1] He was educated at Sheldon School, then a comprehensive school in Chippenham, Wiltshire.[2] He then studied International History and Politics at the University of Leeds, graduating Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1986.[3][2][4] He has since studied on the Advanced Management Programme at Insead.[3][2]

Career[edit]

After joining the Civil Service, he held a variety of posts at the HM Treasury, including Head of Private Finance Policy, and Principal Private Secretary to three Cabinet Ministers.[5] including Michael Portillo, both when Portillo was Chief Secretary to the Treasury and later as Secretary of State for Employment.[6] Wanless later held senior positions within the Department for Education and Skills and its successor the Department for Children, Schools and Families,[2][7] including Director of School Performance and Reform and Director of Strategy and Communications.[5][2][7]

Wanless was CEO of the Big Lottery Fund between February 2008 and May 2013,[2] when he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).[8] He is a non-executive director of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), which operates academy schools in South East England.[9]

In July 2014, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that he would be leading a review into historical sex abuse claims.[10][11]

Personal life[edit]

Married with one son, the family live in Seal, Kent.[11] Wanless is a lifelong supporter of Somerset County Cricket Club where he serves on the committee, and of Welling United.[12] He describes himself as a "fan of jangly guitars, indie pop, Somerset cricket, Borgen....".[13]

Honours[edit]

In the 2007 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for his role as Director of School Performance and Reform in the Department for Education and Skills.[14][15]

NO WONDER HE WAS OPENLY SNIGGERING WHILST PRETENDING TO BE GRILLED BY HIS PARLIAMENTARY MONEY GROVELLING CON ARTIST KEITH VAZ IN PARLIAMENT, THEY MUST BE TITTERING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK WITH THE MIRTH OF HOW MAKING MONEY OUT OF COVERING UP OTHER PEOPLES MISERY IS LIKE STEALING SWEETS OFF BABIES!

Friday, 7 November 2014

Call for prosecutors to answer for trial of alleged rape victim who killed herself

Eleanor de Freitas died days before she had to go on trial accused of lying about rape claim, despite lack of evidence
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Sandra Laville

The Guardian, Thursday 6 November 2014 19.20 GMT

An inquest into the death of Eleanor de Freitas is to begin on Friday.Photograph: Family

A young woman who said she had been raped went on to kill herself after the Crown Prosecution Service put her on trial for making up the allegation in a case originally instigated by her alleged attacker.

The woman’s father is calling on the CPS to explain why they pursued a charge of perverting the course of justice against Eleanor de Freitas, 23, despite being told by police that there was no evidence she had lied, and in the knowledge that she was suffering from a psychiatric illness.

De Freitas killed herself in April this year, three days before her trial was due to start at Southwark crown court. In notes left for her family she described her overwhelming fear of giving evidence as a motive for taking her life.

An inquest into the death of De Freitas, an A-grade student who suffered from bipolar disorder, is due to open in west London on Friday. Lawyers for her family are calling on the coroner to postpone the hearing in order to carry out a wider inquiry in front of a jury to examine whether the CPS decision to prosecute was a contributing factor in her death.

David de Freitas, her father, said: “Eleanor was a vulnerable young woman, diagnosed with bipolar, who made a complaint of rape as a result of which she herself became the subject of legal proceedings. This was despite the fact the police did not believe there to be a case against her.

“There are very serious implications for the reporting of rape cases if victims fear that they may themselves end up the subject of a prosecution if their evidence is in any way inconsistent. It is of the utmost importance that the CPS consider very carefully whether such cases are in the public interest.”

He added: “I feel that the system of fairness in this country has let me down terribly, and something needs to be done so that this can never happen again.”

The CPS had pursued De Freitas for allegedly making up the rape allegation after the man at the centre of the claims spent £200,000 on a private prosecution, documents submitted to the inquest say.

Lawyers for the CPS were told by the detective who investigated the rape allegation that there was no evidence that she had lied, they would not be investigating her for perverting the course of justice and the crime had been recorded as rape.

De Freitas’s death has echoes of the suicide of Frances Andrade, who killed herself after being accused of lying in court about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Michael Brewer, the former director of music at Chetham’s school in Manchester.

Victim Support and Justice for Women have both written to the director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders expressing their concerns at the wider implications of the De Freitas case for rape complainants coming forward in future if alleged rapists are able to use the law to intimidate them.

In a statement, Saunders said she was concerned about the case and was investigating it personally. “I have asked the team which dealt with this case for a full explanation which addresses all of the De Freitas family’s concerns. I appreciate the family’s unease which is why I am looking at this personally in order to satisfy myself of the detail surrounding all the stages of the case.”

She added that she would welcome the opportunity then to meet her family and said the circumstances regarding the case were “rare, extremely difficult and always complex and sensitive. This case was one of the most difficult I have seen.”
Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders.Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
De Freitas reported to police on 4 January 2013 that she had been allegedly drugged and raped by a male associate shortly before Christmas in 2012. The police investigated the case, interviewed De Freitas and arrested the alleged perpetrator. But the police eventually told De Freitas they could not proceed further as there was not a realistic chance of a successful conviction, partly due to the fact she had reported the alleged rape some time after the event and as such no forensic evidence had been collected to support her claims. The alleged perpetrator was told there would be no further action and the case was closed.

De Freitas’s father said his daughter had accepted the police’s decision and tried to get on with her life. But the man at the centre of the rape claim began a private prosecution against her saying she had lied about the rape. Some months later lawyers for the CPS announced they were taking over the case against De Freitas. Her trial for perverting the course of justice was due to open on 7 April. On 4 April she took her own life.

On Friday Harriet Wistrich, of Birnberg Peirce and Partners, acting on behalf of the De Freitas family, will call for the West London coroner Chinyere Inyama to widen the inquest to consider whether the Crown Prosecution Service breached Article 2 of the Human Rights Act – the right to life – by failing to abide by their own code and consider whether there was a public interest in prosecuting De Freitas before going ahead with the prosecution.

Deborah Coles, co-director of the charity Inquest, said: “This case raises serious issues of concern regarding the prosecution of rape complainants. In addition, Eleanor had severe mental health issues which do not appear to have been taken into account by the Crown Prosecution Service. There must be robust scrutiny at the inquest to explore how these issues of public interest impacted on her life.”

Adam Pemberton, assistant chief executive of the charity Victim Support, said the “tragic and troubling case” raised broader concerns about the use of private prosecutions against rape complainants.

“We are concerned in principle about someone who has been accused of rape being able to bring a private prosecution against the complainant because this allows that individual to use the law to do something guaranteed to intimidate their accuser,” he said.

• In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. In the UK, the Samaritans can be contacted on 08457 90 90 90. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14. Hotlines in other countries can be found here.

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Assisted suicide guidelines relaxed by Director of Public Prosecutions

Doctors and nurses who help severely disabled or terminally ill people to take their own lives are less likely to face criminal charges

Until now all health care professionals faced a greater chance than others of being prosecuted for helping people to die because of the trust their patients placed in them. Photo: ALAMY

By John Bingham

10:04PM BST 16 Oct 2014

Doctors and nurses who help severely disabled or terminally ill people to take their own lives are less likely to face criminal charges after Britain's most senior prosecutor yesterday amended guidelines on assisted suicide.

Until now all health care professionals faced a greater chance than others of being prosecuted for helping people to die because of the trust their patients placed in them.

Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said this special deterrent would now only apply to those directly involved in a person's care.
Anti–euthanasia campaigners accused Ms Saunders of "decriminalising" assisted suicide by health care professionals "at a stroke of her pen".

Dr Michael Irwin, the former GP nicknamed "Dr Death" for helping several people kill themselves, said the change was a "wonderful softening" that would "make life easier" for people like him.

He said he and many other retired doctors would now feel able to help people travel to Switzerland's Dignitas centre "without worrying".

But campaigners for legalisation of assisted dying said the amendment did not go far enough.

Ms Saunders insisted the change was simply a clarification and would not offer anyone "immunity" against prosecution for assisted suicide, which is punishable by up to 14 years in jail.

Guidelines published by the former DPP, Sir Keir Starmer, in 2010 say people acting "wholly out of compassion" could avoid prosecution for helping people end their lives. But the guidelines also list circumstances that would make prosecution more likely. They include where someone is "acting in his or her capacity" as a medical doctor.

Ms Saunders has changed the guidance so that prosecution for doctors will only be more likely if patients are "in his or her care".

She explained that this meant that someone would not face an extra risk of prosecution "merely because" they were acting in their capacity as a doctor.

She said there had to be a "relationship of care" between the suspect and the person committing suicide.

Dr Irwin said: "This is a big step forward. It would make life a lot easier for people like me, it would mean I could help any individual go to Switzerland and not worry about it.

"There are many retired doctors who will be willing to help."

The change to the guidelines drawn up by Sir Keir four years ago follows a landmark Supreme Court case involving the family of Tony Nicklinson, the "locked–in syndrome" sufferer who starved himself after judges ruled doctors could not help him die.

It comes as Britain's euthanasia laws are brought back into the spotlight as peers prepare to begin detailed scrutiny of a Bill tabled by the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, to legalise so–called "assisted dying" for terminally ill people.

Dr Peter Saunders, campaign director of the Care Not Killing alliance, which opposes any relaxation in the law agreed with Dr Irwin that it would make it easier for doctors to help people die.

"This is very concerning," he said. "The Director of Public Prosecutions is effectively at a stroke of her pen decriminalising assisted suicide by doctors and other health care professionals as long as they don't have an existing relationship with the patient. It weakens the protections for sick and vulnerable people." Ms Saunders, said the recent Supreme Court case, had provided "careful and detailed analysis" of the subject.

"I am happy to further clarify the factor in favour of prosecution where the suspect is a health care professional," she said.

"This is, of course, an emotive subject on which many hold strong views and these cases present difficult and complex decisions for prosecutors."

Sarah Wootton, the chief executive of Dignity in Dying, which campaigns in favour of Lord Falconer's Bill, said: "This very small change to the policy addresses – to some degree – the points made in the Supreme Court but does nothing to improve the situation of patients who would like to at least consider assisted dying."

Alison Saunders, CB (born 14 February 1961) is a British barrister and the Director of Public Prosecutions. She is the first lawyer from within the Crown Prosecution Service and the second woman to hold the appointment. She was previously the Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London.

Saunders was born on 14 February 1961 in Aberdeen, Scotland.[1][2] She attended primary school in Brixton, London.[3] She read law at the University of Leeds from 1979 to 1982. She graduated Bachelor of Laws (LLB hons).[4]

Career[edit]

Having completed her pupillage and thereby becoming a qualified barrister, Saunders began working for Lloyd's of London.[5] She joined the newly formed CPS in 1986.[2] In 1991, she jointed the CPS policy division.[6] She was appointed Branch Crown Prosecutor for Wood Green in 1997, and Assistant Chief Crown Prosecutor of CPS London South in 1999.[7] She took up the appointment of Chief Crown Prosecutor for Sussex in 2001. She oversaw the successful conviction of Roy Whiting, who had murdered Sarah Payne.[5] Between 2003 and 2005, she served as Deputy Legal Advisor to the Attorney General.[7] She then became head of prosecutions for the Organised Crime division of the CPS.[6] She has been Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London since 2009.[8] She was involved in the 2011 to 2012 retrial, and subsequent conviction, of the killers of Stephen Lawrence.[8]

On 23 July 2013, it was announced that she would become the new Director of Public Prosecutions in succession to Keir Starmer, taking up the appointment on 1 November 2013. She is the first head of the Crown Prosecution Service to be appointed from within the service and the second woman to hold the appointment.[8][9]

Personal life[edit]

Saunders is married to a lawyer and has two sons.[10][11]

Honours[edit]

In the 2013 New Year Honours, she was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) 'for services to Law and Order especially after the 2011 London Riots'.[12]

References[edit]

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3.Jump up ^ Bentham, Martin (4 November 2013). "I will not be rushed into decision on Plegbate, says new Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Alison Saunders". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Topping, Alexandra (23 July 2013). "Stephen Lawrence barrister to become director of public prosecutions". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
6.^ Jump up to: a b "Alison Saunders to be new director of public prosecutions". BBC News. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b "Alison Saunders made a CB for services to law". CPS London. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c Branagh, Ellen (23 July 2013). "Stephen Lawrence barrister Alison Saunders to take over from Keir Starmer as new Director of Public Prosecutions". The Independent. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Saunders to replace Starmer at DPP". Liverpool Daily Post. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
10.Jump up ^ Gibb, Frances (23 July 2013). "Woman insider to succeed Keir Starmer as next DPP". The Times. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
11.Jump up ^ Hopkins, Nick (30 January 2012). "Rapes, murders – and one sleepless night: the life of a criminal prosecutor". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
12.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. pp. 2–3. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

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I know there was an Alison Saunders who was helping John Hemming cover up institutional child abuse on Facebook and she was going onto other social networking sites as well. I remember having a row with her on Facebook about the Liverpool Care Pathway, and she was trying to justify it, but I call the Liverpool Care Pathway exactly what it is, pre-meditated murder.

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Anonymous said...
the government cant have it both ways, it cant legalise homosexuality and not legalise pedophilia, so logically
so time over the next few months the act of pedophilia will not longer be a crime
The thing is where do you draw the line ? Peter Tacthell wants boys aged 4 to be able to consent to sex with men
Elton John says no age limit at all, should babies be allowed to have sex as it in the lost prophets case ?
many social workers say we should go all the way and ban it all again, or take down all legislation, but what about the young boys ? do they have no say here
PS you are right about the freemasons, Adolf Hitler banned them, I don't see any comments on here Barbara are people not writing in now ?
6 November 2014 06:22

I've reposted this because I am very concerned at the bit at the end "I don't see any comments on here Barbara are people not writing in now ?"

There are lots of comments on the last post I made, the one about Fiona Woolf, and I am very concerned that people might not be able to read the comments there. I do occasionally decide not to publish comments, for example I dont like to publish anything which seems to glorify Adolf Hitler, even though I may agree with some of what is posted as in the comment above, and I certainly dont publish the filthy pro paedophilia comments that the perverts leave here either, but I usually do publish the comments people leave on my blog, so I am very conmcerned if people are being unable to read them, it certainly isnt because of me blocking them!

Please, if anyone else is just seeing a blog with no comments can you let me know, thanks

Saturday, 1 November 2014

I am trustee of a sustainable development charity called Raleigh International. The
director is Marie Staunton who formerly legal officer for NCCL. PIE (the Paedophile
Information Exchange) was affiliated to NCCL until 1983 (the year Ms. Staunton
joined NCCL). On 1 March 2014 Ms Staunton issued a statement agreeing with the
current director of Liberty (the successor organisation to NCCL) that PIE's affiliation
"was and is a source of disgust and horror”.
I am a member of the Association of Women Solicitors, of which Harriet Harman is
also a member. You will be aware of media criticism of Harriet Harman regarding
alleged links between PIE and NCCL during her tenure as a legal officer.
In my capacity as Lord Mayor my steward has been Colin Tucker, a former solicitor
from Edinburgh. In 1989 Mr. Tucker was prosecuted for fraud and acquired. He was
later struck off as a solicitor. In 1983 he was involved in an inquiry into an allegation
of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in Scotland, conducted by WA Nimmo
Smith QC and JD Friel, Regional Procurator Fiscal of North Strathclyde. The inquiry,
which concerned allegations that senior figures in the Edinburgh legal fraternity,
including judges, were engaged in sexual relations with under age boys, found no
evidence of wrongdoing. For the sake of completeness I attach a link to the full
report and the conclusions are found at pages 106-107 of the report.
(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/2288
13/0377.pdf). I can confirm that I have never discussed this issue with Mr. Tucker
and was unaware of his prior history until this matter was brought to my attention.
As you will appreciate, in the course of a long professional career and during my
time in various public offices I have inevitably encountered a very wide range of
people, some well-known, who have held senior positions in business, commerce,
the arts, the charitable sector and politics. I am clear that to know someone and to
meet them occasionally, even on an informal basis, is not the same as being a close
friend or sharing their views. To provide context, I attend on average [insert number]
of events per month which will consist of both formal and informal engagements.
As such

I am now reading page 19, the heading is 6 COLIN TUCKERS STATEMENT OR "LIST"

Colin Tucker, by his own admission is a promiscuous homosexual (not really the sort of person most people would want to be the Director of Childrens Services or Adoptions) but what he really doesnt want to admit to is his interest in young boys, and also his ruthless determination to try to throw a Christian lady into jail because she had put a spanner in the works of a child abuse ring masquerading as a charity he was involved in in Ethiopia.

3 Mar 2008 - A British teacher faces jail in Ethiopia after being convicted of ... Colin Tucker, a spokesman for TdH, declined to discuss the charity's motive in ...

British teacher faces jail in Ethiopia for exposing paedophiles at children's charity

Last updated at 08:47 03 March 2008

A British teacher faces jail in Ethiopia after being convicted of defamation for her role in exposing paedophiles working in a children's charity.

Jill Campbell - who could be locked up for six months - and her husband Gary compiled a dossier of evidence that helped to convict a British sex offender who admitted abusing a child in his care.

And a second suspect committed suicide.

But Swiss charity Terre Des Hommes-Lausanne (TdH) succesfully brought a defamation case after the couple claimed care home staff tried to cover up the scandal.

Mrs Campbell, 45, will find out on Friday whether she will go to prison after a failed appeal.

Her lawyers have told her that she will be found in contempt of court if she refuses to apologise and could be jailed for six months.

Friends have said that she was distraught at having to tell her two adopted ten-year-old children that she might have to go to prison.

Her husband has apologised to TdH so that one parent will be able to remain at home.

In a statement published by the Ethiopian media last week, he apologised to the charity for alleging that it “knowingly removed their country director, David Christie (also known as David Allan) from Ethiopia in order to cover up a crime”.

The couple have lived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for 14 years and are well known for their charity work.

Friends have rallied to defend the Campbells and insist that without them paedeophile activity would not have been exposed.

“Instead of TdH apologising to the victims, they are forcing Gary and Jill to apologise for blowing the whistle and stopping the chain of homosexual abusers victimising orphans in the care of this Swiss-based NGO,” said told The Times.

Clare Rees, a teacher who works with Mrs Campbell at Sandford English Community School, said: “She's seen as a saint.

“If you walk along the streets here you meet so many people she has helped. That's why this whole thing is so unfair.”

Mrs Campbell became aware of the allegations of sexual abuse through a colleague at the school whose boyfriend worked at Jari.

In December 1996 staff members saw a boy escaping from Christie's bedroom window.

He was dismissed by the charity and left Ethiopia. He was subsequently arrested in 2001 as he travelled to Zambia.

The Campbells had drawn up a dossier of evidence against him, which they circulated widely.

Christie, originally from Bournemouth, was eventually found guilty of abusing boys under 15 and of procuring children for his friends. In 2003 he was sentenced at a court in Addis Ababa to nine years in prison with hard labour.

One of his associates and a frequent visitor to Jari, Mark Lachance, committed suicide after posting a confession on the internet in 1999.

Colin Tucker, a spokesman for TdH, declined to discuss the charity's motive in suing the whistle-blowers.

“Read the judgment. That's the best we can say,” he said. “They defamed us and we have successfully prosecuted them.”